I still hope Jesse's the one to bring him down. (In whatever way) And then he rides off into the sunset with a pocketful of cash and leads a straight life as a family man.

I see this as the conventional ending everyone is rooting for and feel it would be a complete waste of the story development. I liked the realness of the cancer conversations early in the show and respected Walt for his decisions, I also like the showcase of his deep rooted insecurities of always being perceived as the victim/weak, whether its the cancer, being 2nd fiddle as a scientist from a monetary/status/success standpoint, to not being able to take open credit for being a drug lord and what he's had to go through. I like evil Walt.

If you don't want Skyler on the show then you don't understand stories.

I don't know if you directed this towards me, but I actually like the Skyler character being on the show. Stories need to have a character balance in order to work. Let's say that they wrote Skyler out in the episode when she gave birth to their daughter, (death due to labor complications), the story line would be a mess.

They're playing up her character to be a secondary threat to Walt's success and life. Which is the exact opposite of how her character was portrayed in the last season. The writers are changing shit up and that's what keeps things interesting.

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I also think you've seen Walt manipulate Jesse more and more as the show has gone along. (Just like he's doing to everyone around him now) Who knows how Jesse's life would have ended up if he'd never met Walt.

You're right, I can't think of anything to distinguish them. It's not like one of them has become a completely emotionally manipulative hubris machine so blinded by newfound power that he's willing, nay eager, to compromise his own values when it comes to both work and family.

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I don't know if you directed this towards me, but I actually like the Skylar character being on the show. Stories need to have a character balance in order to work. Let's say that they wrote Skylar out in the episode when she gave birth to their daughter, (death due to labor complications), the story line would be a mess.

They're playing up her character to be a secondary threat to Walt's success and life. Which is the exact opposite of how her character was portrayed in the last season. The writers are changing shit up and that's what keeps things interesting.

I wasn't directing it towards you. There are a lot of people around the internet that direct general misogyny towards Skylar, though.

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I also think you've seen Walt manipulate Jesse more and more as the show has gone along. (Just like he's doing to everyone around him now) Who knows how Jesse's life would have ended up if he'd never met Walt.

You're right, I can't think of anything to distinguish them. It's not like one of them has become a completely emotionally manipulative hubris machine so blinded by newfound power that he's willing, nay eager, to compromise his own values when it comes to both work and family.